New BART Fare Gate Chimes Aim to Help with Accessibility

BART Adds New Fare Gate Chimes To Help Blind And Low-Vision Riders

On Monday, BART updated the fare gates at all of the agency’s train stations in the Bay Area with a new chime that will help riders who rely on auditory cues to navigate during their trips. The new tone will sound when a rider holds their fare media — such as their Clipper Card or bank card — for an additional second after a gate opens and is intended to be more audible over other background noises. The agency said the change was made to pha…

New BART fare gate chimes aim to help with accessibility

On Monday, BART updated the fare gates at all of the agency’s train stations in the Bay Area with a new chime that will help riders who rely on auditory cues to navigate during their trips. The post New BART fare gate chimes aim to help with accessibility appeared first on Pleasanton Weekly.

New BART Fare Gate Chimes Will Help With Accessibility

BART's Director of Customer Access and Accessibility Ryan Greene-Roesel is a musician and developed the new chimes on her piano.